The winner of ASSE’s Safety Professional of the Year Award says the driving force behind health and safety is the involvement and commitment of organizational leaders.

Light lumber, cost controls and a soft property market are exposing owners and insurers.

Disciplining workers who come to work stoned is an important safety measure, plain and simple.

Some say OSHA is making a concerted effort to embarrass employers into creating safer workplaces.

With workers at a high rate of danger, health care facilities must train for both communication skills and safety drills.

Musculoskeletal disorders account for the majority of occupational injuries, but too few resources are dedicated to preventing them.

More than 1.5 million workers are potentially at risk of lead exposure. Far too often, that exposure is putting their families at risk unnecessarily.

Early adopters are embracing wearable tech for safety and workers’ comp applications. But employers must take care to avoid running afoul of HIPAA.

ACOEM and UL present Integrated Health and Safety model, with new index to measure business impact.

New NIOSH recommendations are aimed at protecting all workers from the hazardous effects of tobacco products.

ASSE and NIOSH say not enough data is collected on subsets of workers that fall into multiple at-risk groups and need targeted safety interventions.

The country’s first young worker safety mandate may inspire other states to follow suit.

Recent accidents highlight risk management challenges of long hours and tough road conditions.

Safety professionals are retiring, and newcomers cannot fill the gap in numbers or experience.

Safeway rebuilt its safety culture on a foundation of positive reinforcement, leading to savings in excess of $100 million.

The risk of workplace hearing loss has remained steady for decades, but more needs to be done in high-risk industries such as construction and mining.

The CDC is calling on employers and government agencies to address the lagging level of seat belt compliance among truck drivers.

Organizations need to develop and implement clear and defensible substance abuse programs to keep abusers from putting themselves and others at risk.

Management commitment to a loss control program is a fundamental element.

A zero-tolerance policy is one of the best protections that health care employers can put in place to protect their workers.